Eating on the wild side : the pharmacologic, ecologic, and social implications of using noncultigens / Nina L. Etkin, editor.

Other author Etkin, Nina L. (Nina Lilian), 1948-2009.
Format Book
Publication InfoTucson : University of Arizona Press, ©1994.
Descriptionviii, 305 pages ; 25 cm.
Subjects
Ethnobotany.
Wild plants, Edible.
Materia medica, Vegetable.
Prehistoric peoples--Food.
Food habits--History.

SeriesArizona series in human ecology
Arizona studies in human ecology. ^A229085
Contents The cull of the wild / Nina L. Etkin -- Agriculture and the acquisition of medicinal plant knowledge / Michael H. Logan and Anna R. Dixon -- Ambivalence to the palatability factors in wild food plants / Timothy Johns -- Wild plants as cultural adaptations to food stress / Rebecca Huss-Ashmore and Susan L. Johnston -- Pharmacologic implications of "wild" plants in Hausa diet / Nina L. Etkin and Paul J. Ross -- Wild plants as food and medicine in Polynesia / Paul Alan Cox -- Characteristics of "wild" plant foods used by indigenous populations in Amazonia / Darna L. Dufour and Warren M. Wilson -- The health significance of wild plants for the Siona and Secoya / William T. Vickers -- North American food and drug plants / Daniel E. Moerman -- Interpreting wild plant foods in the archaeological record / Frances B. King -- Coprolite evidence for prehistoric foodstuffs, condiments, and medicines / Heather B. Trigg ... [et al.] -- Nonhuman primate self-medication with wild plant foods / Kenneth E. Glander -- Wild plant use by pregnant and lactating ringtailed lemurs, with implications for early Hominid foraging / Michelle L. Sauther -- In search of "keystone societies" / Brien A. Meilleur.
Local noteLittle-348156--305131054469+
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 94012163
ISBN0816513694 (acid-free paper)
ISBN9780816513697 (acid-free paper)
Other class# UA 5.2:E 17

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks GN476.73 .E27 1994 ✔ Available Place Hold